American journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Iraq

American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in Baghdad on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the matter as well as an Iraqi official.

• Apr 1

Inside an Iraqi air base attacked by Iran

No one has claimed responsibility for the newest attack on an Iraqi air base north of Baghdad on Sunday that wounded four members of Iraq's military. The attack follows Iran's missile strike last week on two Iraqi bases that house hundreds of U.S. troops. Holly Williams went to one of them, the Ain al-Asad air base, to get a look at the damage.

• Jan 13, 2020
• 1:41

Pentagon: No plans to pull out of Iraq

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the U.S. has no plans to pull American troops out of Iraq. Iraq’s parliament recently voted to expel the 5,000 Americans to protest the Baghdad drone attack that killed Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani. David Martin reports.

• Jan 6, 2020
• 2:55

Trump threatens sanctions in Iraq

The Iraqi Parliament voted Sunday to demand all U.S. troops be removed from the country following the drone strike last week that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Now, President Trump is threatening Iraq with economic sanctions. Holly Williams reports from Baghdad.

• Jan 6, 2020
• 2:06

Soleimani was tracked before strike

U.S. officials tracked Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani before he was killed in Iraq. He had just landed in Baghdad on a trip intended to launch a campaign of attacks against Americans. David Martin reports.

• Jan 3, 2020
• 2:36

U.S. bolstering security in Middle East

The Pentagon is rushing hundreds of troops to the Middle East, after pro-Iranian protesters tried to storm the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad. Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division boarded transport planes at Fort Bragg in North Carolina Wednesday and are headed to Kuwait. Their deployment comes after two days of violence at the U.S. Embassy from militias upset about deadly U.S. airstrikes. The protesters have now pulled back from the area. Ian Lee reports from Baghdad.

• Jan 2, 2020
• 2:52

Protesters leave U.S. embassy

In Baghdad, security guards at the U.S. embassy fired on protesters who have the backing of Iran. But eventually, the protesters left. Ian Lee has the latest.

• Jan 1, 2020
• 7:04

Pompeo responds to attack on U.S. Embassy in Iraq

Thousands of angry protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad in response to U.S. airstrikes. In an interview with Major Garrett, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacted to the attack.

• Dec 31, 2019
• 3:58

Mob storms U.S. Embassy in Baghdad

A mob forced its way onto the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad. It was retaliation for U.S. airstrikes that killed members of a militia backed by Iran. Holly Williams has the latest.

• Dec 31, 2019
• 3:08

Protesters try to storm U.S. embassy in Baghdad

The U.S. embassy in Baghdad came under seige as thousands of anti-American protesters forced their way through the heavily fortified Green Zone. The protests are in response to U.S. air strikes that killed more than two dozen pro-Iran fighters this past weekend. CBS News foreign correspondent Holly Williams joined CBSN AM from Turkey to discuss the situation.

• Dec 31, 2019
• 3:13

U.S. Embassy in Iraq stormed by protesters

Violent anti-American protesters are attacking the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. They are angry over deadly U.S. airstrikes this week that killed 25 fighters from an Iran-backed Shiite militia in Iraq. Holly Williams reports.

• Dec 31, 2019
• 2:19

A Fighting Chance

Scott Pelley reports from inside the Iraq war's busiest trauma center: an encampment of 32 tents north of Baghdad, where emergency medicine is performed close to the battlefront. Pelley follows two soldiers with devastating injuries being treated with state-of-the-art care.

• Oct 29, 2006
• 13:12

Iraqi social media influencer shot dead in Baghdad

Iraqi authorities are investigating the killing of a well-known social media influencer Um Fahad who was shot by an armed motorcyclist in front of her home in central Baghdad.

• Apr 27, 2024

U.S. carries out drone strike in Baghdad

The U.S. military killed a high-ranking Iraqi militia leader in Baghdad Thursday with a drone strike in the central part of the city. The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned the bombing. CBS News White House reporter Willie J. Inman has more.

• Jan 4, 2024
• 2:45

U.S. facilities being attacked in Middle East

The U.S. military reports there has been a rise in attacks against U.S. facilities located in the Middle East as Israel's war against Hamas continues in Gaza. Retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Mark Cancian, a senior adviser at the CSIS International Security Program, joins CBS News with his analysis of the aggressions against the U.S. in the region.

• Dec 11, 2023
• 4:43

Rockets fired at U.S. Embassy in Iraq as Mideast violence keeps escalating

U.S. and Iraqi officials said the projectiles caused minor damage but no casualties. Iran-aligned militias are suspected, one U.S. official said.

• Dec 8, 2023

Fire tears through wedding hall in Iraq, leaves almost 100 dead

Emergency services and witnesses of the deadly fire in Iraq's Nineveh province said fireworks used inside the wedding venue sparked the blaze.

• Sep 27, 2023

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Protesters attempt to storm U.S. embassy in Baghdad; New Year in Times Square

• Dec 31, 2019
• 48:21

Reflecting on 20 years since the invasion of Iraq

Monday marked 20 years since the beginning of the ground invasion of Iraq by U.S.-led forces, following an overnight bombing campaign. Charlie D'Agata is in Baghdad to reflect on the cost of the war.

• Mar 20, 2023
• 2:26

Iraq 20 years after the U.S. invasion

It has been two decades since the United States invaded Iraq, launching a yearslong war. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata, who covered the war from the beginning, reports from Baghdad on what the country looks like today.

• Mar 20, 2023
• 6:02

20 years since U.S.-led invasion of Iraq

It's been 20 years since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata returns to Baghdad, where he was when the series of airstrikes known as "Shock and Awe" launched President George W. Bush's Operation Iraqi Freedom in the early hours of March 20. D'Agata speaks with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Alina Romanowski who insists Iraq has turned a corner, and with the top U.S. general in charge of the 2,500 Americans who remain in the country. Nearly 4,500 American service members lost their lives by the time of the 2011 withdrawal.

• Mar 20, 2023
• 6:02

Looking at Iraq 20 years after invasion

Monday marks 20 years since the United States invaded Iraq. After the fall of Saddam Hussein, the rise of ISIS, and more, what does the country look like today? Charlie D'Agata, who has covered the region for decades, reports from Baghdad.

• Mar 18, 2023
• 3:56

Reporters' notebook: Iraq War, 20 years on

It was 20 years ago, on March 20, 2003, that the U.S. launched the war in Iraq. As the invasion unfolded, CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata and producer Tina Kraus made their way into Baghdad to cover a conflict that would stretch out for nine years. In this reporter's notebook, they reflect on the early days of their war assignment.

• Mar 17, 2023
• 3:44

U.S. aid worker murdered near his home in Iraq's capital

Officials say Stephen Edward Troell was fatally shot as he drove down his road with his family in the car, but the motive remains a mystery.

• Nov 8, 2022

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U.S. Troops prepare to deploy to Middle East; the dark side of being a K-Pop music star

• Jan 2, 2020
• 51:51

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